Hopkinsville, Ky.-based Jennie Stuart Health will soon restart its elective surgery program at its surgery center, local radio station WKDZ reports.

Colchester, Vt.-based Green Mountain Surgery Center will open May 18 if the state's ban on elective surgeries is lifted before then, the Burlington Free Press reports.

Lewisburg, Pa.-based Evangelical Community Hospital plans to reopen its outpatient facilities and ASC in the coming weeks, The Daily Item reports.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo allowed 35 upstate counties meeting certain requirements to resume elective outpatient surgeries in hospitals on April 29, but freestanding ASCs weren't included in the announcement, Syracuse.com reports.

Topeka, Kan.-based Stormont Vail Health will begin performing elective surgical procedures May 4, The Topeka Capital-Journal reports.

ASCs are planning to resume elective procedures.

Tupelo-based North Mississippi Medical Center restarted elective surgeries at certain locations — including its ASC — April 28.

Beaumont, Texas-based Riceland Healthcare reopened its surgery center and resumed procedures April 23, the Beaumont Enterprise reports.

Hospitals and surgery centers in Santa Barbara, Calif., plan to restart elective surgical procedures in early May, Noozhawk reports.

With elective procedure restrictions lifted, the team at Texas Midwest Surgery Center is ready to get back to work, Administrative Director Cathy Casey told BigCountryHomepage.com.

Taylor Cera, COO of Orthopaedic Surgery Center in Youngstown, Ohio, outlines how the surgery center plans to ramp up elective surgeries and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam extended the state's ban on elective surgeries, local ABC affiliate WHSV - TV 3 reports.

Ambulatory practice visits were down nearly 60 percent in mid-March for more than 50,000 provider clients of Phreesia, a healthcare technology company, The Commonwealth Fund reported based on new research.

Several states are debating whether to resume elective procedures or have implemented executive orders restarting the procedures. 

Several centers are debating whether to resume elective procedures following decisions by state governments to restart procedures.

After consulting with clinicians, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is leaving it to hospitals and outpatient surgery centers to decide whether to begin performing elective procedures again, Fox 19 reports.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom began allowing hospitals to resume some elective surgeries April 22, NBC Bay Area reports.

The ASC sector will be among the hardest hit sectors in the Moody's U.S. healthcare corporate portfolio, according to a report released on April 21.

Surgery Center of Aiken (S.C.) and Aiken Regional Medical Center announced April 20 it will resume elective procedures, the Augusta Chronicle reports.

Irving, Texas-based Christus Health will begin to certify its facilities to perform elective surgeries again, TXK Today reports.